Export orders rose to minus 6. The total is still negative but last month it was minus 22.

Anna Leach, CBI’s Head of Economic Analysis, said: “It’s good to see manufacturing output growth coming in stronger than expected, and some signs the fall in sterling is helping to bolster export orders.”

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Economist Howard Archer of IHS Markit said it gave hope the UK’s economy would grow in the three months to late September. Meanwhile, figures from the Recruitment and Employment Confederation show employers are upbeat about job prospects — with 23 per cent intending to take on more permanent workers.

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Of these, two per cent say staff numbers will increase “greatly”.

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REMAINERS SWAYED SAY POLLS

ONLY one in five Brits want the Government to ignore the EU Referendum vote – as even Remain supporters finally agree ‘Brexit means Brexit’.

New polling figures show that nearly half of those who voted to stay in the EU on June 23 now accept PM Theresa May should get on with cutting our ties with Brussels.

Just 34 per cent of the public believe a second Referendum would be “acceptable”. Some 56 per cent claim a second vote would be wrong, according to YouGov.

YouGov analyst Anthony Wells said: “A large majority of people think that the Government should follow the result of the Referendum and leave.”
Sunder Katwala, director of the British Future think tank said: “It’s good to see that more and more Remain voters are now completing the grieving process and accepting the result.

“Voters from both sides should now focus their minds on how we get the best Brexit from Britain.

“That’s something we’ve all got an interest in getting right, whichever way we voted.”